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Show . v0;: : DEAR ' VICTORY FOR JAPS " t ' . . . .. Annther Battle In - That Vicinity Expected; Ho developments at Port 'Arthur; Kcwchwang ' . Story Probably False; . . BULLETIN. ' " TCXIO, Kay 4, 3 p. m. Tha Japa-j Japa-j xlsm authorities hare received, a re-' re-' port of the attempt mad Monday - night to block the entrance of Port 1 'Arthur harbor. It is without details, but these are expected shortly. It is t reported, however, that the attempt ' was successful. i - - , BULLETIN. j TORT ARTHUR, May 4. There vTave bean no developments sine the i attack on Port Arthur of May 3. Dur-' Dur-' ing the bombardment the big guns of j the"ffiussin ships and batteries fired ' 250Cjshots, while the machine guns tof the gunboat Giliak tired 3000 . shots. . ' ST. PETERSBURG. May 4.-12:40 p. m. The gloom which prevailed here ! yesterday was almost completely dispelled dis-pelled this morning when the people read the story of the glorious fight made by Gen. Sassulltch's handful of rough regiments against the flower of - the Mikado's legions at the Talu and of the utter defeat of Vlce-Admlral Togo's To-go's new attempt to seal the entrance to Port Arthur. Dead Piled Uo in Heaps. It is now plain; that isetmore than KO00 Russians were actually er-M In l " ' Talu ar - tv ? Jar , a to;l f.it.- . ... cf 1 it-, a 1 4J,l.). The iteses on both , wUch'are expected to reach 1000. and possibly 1200 in the Russian force and twice that number for the Japanese, Japan-ese, make it one of the bloodiest fights in history. At the river crossing the Japanese dead lie piled up literally in heaps, and Gen. Kurokl's success was purchased at such a heavy cost that the Russians are disposed to regard it as rather a defeat than a victory for him. Bulldog Tenacity Shown. Geni. Kuropatkln's dispatch shows that the Russians fought with such bulldoc tenacity and bravery against the overwhelming superiority of the enemy that the latters nominal victory was eclipsed by the prowess of the Czar's soldiers. Gen. Kuropatkin also served to restore re-store Gen. Sassulitch to public favor. Those who were disposed to criticise him. even at the headquarters of the general staff, where it is considered that he made a tactical' blunder, now "aayhhat he redeemed himself by his gai .dtry in action and the damage he infitctfd upon the enemy. J Desperate Bayonet Charge. -About bulletin boards the people are especially impressed with the desperate bayonet charge of the Eleventh regiment. regi-ment. ' The mental picture of the regiment regi-ment advancing against the enemy, with bands and bugles blaring and the priests with cross aloft at the head, appealed to the dramatic sense of the Russian population as nothing else could. The survivors of this heroic regiment reg-iment which cut its way out declare that the position was surrounded by more than a thousand dead Japanese. !T AXING OP NKWCHWA2TG, AS TOLD IN LONDON, t IS OBVIOUSLY FALSE. . t - KEW YORK. May . 4. The special telegram to the London Chronicle, dated Che Poo, asserting that the Japanese ' had taken Xewchwang is obviously fslse. Newchwang, which is on a river, and about thirty miles from the sea, could not possibly be taken except as the result re-sult of an attack of at least two or . three days duration. The Associated press has. American . correspondents at Che Foo. Shan Hal Kwan. Newchwang and Yin Kow, any one of whom would certainly have reported re-ported an attack upon Newchwang. CHINA WILL REMAIN ' NEUTRAL; DECLARATION OP PEKING GOVERNMENT. ST. PETERSBURG, May 4. The Chinese Minister, who In consequence of the rumors of the possibility that China might not remain neutral, applied ap-plied to Peking for information, has received re-ceived a cablegram from the Peking Government and Viceroy Yuan Shi Kal which reads as follows: "In reply to your telegram of April 23 and with the object of putting a stop to unfounded rumors, we request you to derv them, declaring again in the most for M manner that China and the Chl-neh Chl-neh people will faithfully observe neutrality. neu-trality. Tou are authorized to say that the Chinese Government has given rigorous rig-orous orders to the local authorities to - see that neutrality is strictly maintained main-tained and that the most complete order ria preserved in the whole territory de- 1 ' ' t . , dared "neutral; Moreover, we are able to guarantee that, owing to the measures meas-ures we have taken, any renewal of events" Hie tboee of ir.J is ln.posibie." iLCL3V3 EATTLE HAY 4 BE FOUGHT; FORCES ARE GATHERING FOR FIGHT. ST. PETERSBURG, May 4, J p. m. Since the Emperor's removal to Tsar-kayoe-Selo a new system has been introduced in-troduced of communicating official messages mes-sages Intended for publication to a special spe-cial committee of military and naval censors, involving more delay than formerly. for-merly. The Emperor has received additional reports of the fighting on the Talu from Gen. Kuropatkin, but they will not be given out until tonight. Gen. Sassulltch's force Is resting at Feng Wang Cheng. No renewal of the attack has been made. It is believed that Gen. Kurokl is also resting on the river. There is a strong Russian position back of Feng Wang Cheng on a line parallel with Mukden and Liao Tang, where troops are concentrating, and it is considered likely that a really decisive deci-sive engagement may. be fought there. To force the pass beyond Feng Wang Cheng directly is considered practically impossible. - Gen. Bassulltch had forty guns altogether alto-gether and sixteen of these left Antung early Sunday morning and reached Feng Wang Cheng safely. The Second and Third batteries of the Sixth brigade lost all but two guns, "namely: twenty-two. twenty-two. Eight machine guns, which were used to cover the retreat, were also lost. CHXNFSS AGITATORS ARE INCITING FEELING AGAINST RUSSIANS. PORT ARTHUR. May 4. The No vlkral says it learns that the Russophobe Russo-phobe Chinese, headed by Viceroy Yuan Shi kal and Gen. Ma. are carrying on an active anti-Russian campaign and that traveling orators are spreading false reports of the strength of the Japanese Jap-anese and the magnitude of their victories vic-tories and are telling malignant stories of Russian designs throughout the Chinese Chi-nese towns and villages, with the object ob-ject of inciting the masses against Russia. . JAPS CELEBRATE AGAIN AN ALLEGED VICTORY IN BLOCKADING OF ARTHUR. TOKIO, May 4, p. nvr-The reports which have been received here of the successful suc-cessful blocking of the entrance to Port Arthur harbor by the Japanese, coming on the heels of the news of the victory on the Talu. stirred Toklo to another popular pop-ular demonstration and tonight thousands of men carrying lanterns swinging high from bamboo poles paraded through the city. Half a dosen bands of music led the various proocasions. The offices of the War and Navy departments de-partments and of the general staff were the scenes of the greatest enthusiasm. Two of the Imperial Princesses visited the Navy department, and the assembled crowd welcomed them with cheers. Then the throng demanded Admiral Ito, chief of the general staff, and the hero of the fight on the Talu during the Chinese-Japanese war. He appeared In response to the calls of the people, and saluted them. It had been expected that tidings of the Port Arthur engagement would come from Vlce-Admlral Togo some time during the day. but none were received. |